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Month: October 2010

About a year ago, I was thinking about my life verse, Psalm 16:8, “I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” As I looked it up in my Bible with the surrounding verses of Psalm 16, the references to many other Scripture passages also spoke peace and encouragement to my soul. So I wrote those passages down, and am now sharing them with you in an “expanded” version of Psalm 16. References are to the Psalms unless noted otherwise.

16:1 Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge.

16:5 Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure.

23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

116:13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord.

16:6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.

Num. 36:7 No inheritance in Israel is to pass from tribe to tribe, for every Israelite shall keep the tribal land inherited from his forefathers.

16:7 I will praise the Lord who counsels me, even at night my heart instructs me.

73:24 You guide me with your counsel and afterwards you will take me into glory.

16:8 I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my RIGHT HAND, I will not be shaken.